By David Crystal

New from Cambridge University Press!

By Peter Mark Roget

This book "supplies a vocabulary of English words and idiomatic phrases 'arranged … according to the ideas which they express'. The thesaurus, continually expanded and updated, has always remained in print, but this reissued first edition shows the impressive breadth of Roget's own knowledge and interests."

*There is no other single overview of modern Chinese character development;*Indicates that technology and character development are highly related,opening a new research topic and perspective;*All-inclusive review and evaluation of many different literatures on thesubject, in both English and Chinese;*Presents the most comprehensive synthesis and analysis of majordevelopments in reforming programs in modernizing the Chinese writing system

This book presents the most comprehensive synthesis and analysis of majordevelopments in reforming programs in modernizing the Chinese writingsystem. It traces the language policy and planning related developments forChinese characters, with particular emphasis on post-1950 period in thePeople’s Republic of China (PRC) and the more recent challenges thattechnology, and particularly the World Wide Web, have posed for the language.